CMD Center for the Arts and Humanities News

The College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University has selected Rick Lowe as the Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar Chair for spring 2015. Lowe, 2014 MacArthur Fellow, is an artist who resides in Houston, Texas. His formal training is in the visual arts. Over the past twenty years he has worked both inside and outside of art world institutions by participating in exhibitions and developing community-based art projects.

Mitch Moody, a freshman at Auburn University, is participating in the Appalachian Teaching Project, and he recently interviewed Dana Chandler about his upcoming talk on Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee University Archives. The free, public program will take place on Friday, November 14 at noon at the Tuskegee History Center, 104 S. Elm Street.

The historic integration of Tuskegee High School will be the centerpiece of a live performance by Auburn University’s Mosaic Theatre Company on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. at First Methodist Church Tuskegee (202 South Main Street).

Mark Price, a junior at Auburn University, is participating in the Appalachian Teaching Project, and he recently interviewed Robin Banks on her upcoming talk on the character and legacy of her great-grandfather, Booker T. Washington. The free, public program will take place on Thursday, November 6 at 4:00 p.m. at the Tuskegee History Center, 104 S. Elm Street.